Finland fines speeding drivers to an amount proportionate to their income

The more a driver is over the speed limit, the greater the number of day fines they will receive. This has led to headline-grabbing fines when wealthy drivers have been caught driving very fast. In 2002, Anssi Vanjoki, a former Nokia director, was ordered to pay a fine of 116,000 euros ($103,600) after being caught driving 75km/h in a 50km/h zone on his motorbike. Finland isn’t the only country to apply so-called “progressive punishment” to speeding fines. Switzerland uses a similar system, and currently holds the world record for a speeding ticket. It was handed to a Swedish motorist in 2010 who was caught driving at 290km/h. He was fined 3,600 Swiss francs per day for 300 days – around 1,080,000 Swiss francs ($1,091,340) in total. [https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/in-finland-speeding-tickets-are-linked-to-your-income/](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/in-finland-speeding-tickets-are-linked-to-your-income/)